Huzhou

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Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 Map 4 Weather 5 Getting in & Getting out 5.1 By Air 5.2 By Train 5.3 By Bus 5.4 By Ship 6 Getting Around 6.1 By Public Bus 6.2 By Tour Bus 6.3 By Metro 6.4 By Taxi & Rental Car 7 Attractions 8 Hotels 8.1 Budget 8.2 Mid Range 8.3 Luxury 9 Restaurants 10 Shopping 11 Night Life & Entertainment 12 Sports & Recreation 13 Excursions & Day Trips 14 Tips & Practical Info 15 See also

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Huzhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively.

--from wikipedia.org

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• 248 BC,Gucheng County (菰城縣) be setup by the State of Chu.
• 222 BC,Qin Dynasty, Wucheng County (烏程縣) be setup.
• 266,Kingdom of Wu, set Wuxing Shire (吳興郡), its administrative area including the modern Huzhou prefecture city and Hangzhou 杭州,Yixing宜興.
• 602,Sui dynasty, changed the name of Wuxing to Huzhou(湖州).
• in Tang Dynasty, Huzhou administers 5 counties:Wucheng (烏程),Wukang(武康),Changxing(長興), Anji(安吉), Deqing(德清).
• at the beginning of Song Dynasty, Gui'an county (歸安縣) be divided from the Wucheng county.
• in Qing Dynasty,Huzhou administers 7 counties:Wucheng,Guo'an, Wukang,Deqing, Changxing, Anji, Xiaofeng.
• 1949, the People's Republic of China,Huzhou town became the seat of government of the First Special District of Zhejiang, administrative area including the modern Huzhou and Jiaxing prefecture cities.
• 1983, Huzhou prefecture level city be setup.

--from wikipedia.org

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• Anji Bamboo Museum Garden (安吉竹博园)
• The Hidden Dragon Waterfalls (藏龙百瀑景区)
• Huzhou Hanshan tourist areas (湖州含山旅游区)

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[edit] Mid Range

• Anji Lijing Hotel

[edit] Luxury

• Huzhou International Hotel
• Sunny Holiday Resort
• Triumphal Arch Hotel

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Anji is famous for "White Tea" as well as green tea. Numerous bamboo products from the hideously kitsch to the moderately useful can be bought in the bamboo products market.

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[edit] See also

Haining (海宁) Hangzhou (杭州) Jiaxing (嘉兴) Jinhua (金华)

Lishui (丽水) Ningbo (宁波) Pinghu (平湖) Quzhou (衢州)

Rui'an (瑞安) Shangyu (上虞) Shaoxing (绍兴) Taizhou (台州)

Wenzhou (温州) Yiwu (义乌) Yongkang (永康) Zhoushan (舟山)

• East China (华东)
• Zhejiang (浙江)
• Wikipedia:Huzhou